That's it. Shut it down. She's doomed. It's right there in the article. She lost more than two dozen counties, and in a state with two hundred and fifty four counties, there's no way she can win a state-wide election this way. I mean, it's not like voters in the Rio Grande Valley are going to be more likely to support the Democratic candidate over the Republican. Not in that rather blue area of the state. I mean, voters there supported a pro-life primary candidate and there's no chance that the largely Hispanic population cares about any issue besides abortion.

NobleHam:So, some Hispanics voted for the Hispanic guy instead of the white lady? I'm shocked. Surely this means Wendy Davis is a doomed joke of a candidate.

Actually, it probably does. If Hispanic voters, a majority of all Democrats in Texas, are so turned off by Wendy Davis's abortion activism that they'd rather file a protest vote for a no-hoper, it's less likely that they'll turn out for her in the general election.

Wendy Davis will be defeated by double digits. I'll place a friendly wager ($0.00, but bragging rights) with anyone who thinks otherwise.

Not the last time I looked.. which was last week. I could be wrong tho.

I was just thinking that Texas has one of the highest, if not the highest population of uninsured folks and that was particularly evil to not allow Medicaid expansion for a state that could benefit most from it.

But they more than make up for it with the many entertaining and informative comments. For instance, I was not aware of this: "Davis is a one-item platform person. She is running for late-term abortion ... period. No other issues." Shocking, just shocking!

Captain Dan:NobleHam: So, some Hispanics voted for the Hispanic guy instead of the white lady? I'm shocked. Surely this means Wendy Davis is a doomed joke of a candidate.

Actually, it probably does. If Hispanic voters, a majority of all Democrats in Texas, are so turned off by Wendy Davis's abortion activism that they'd rather file a protest vote for a no-hoper, it's less likely that they'll turn out for her in the general election.

Wendy Davis will be defeated by double digits. I'll place a friendly wager ($0.00, but bragging rights) with anyone who thinks otherwise.

This makes sense as things stand right now, but there's plenty of time between now and November for Abbott (or the Nuge) to piss them off enough to come and vote against him.

Captain Dan:NobleHam: So, some Hispanics voted for the Hispanic guy instead of the white lady? I'm shocked. Surely this means Wendy Davis is a doomed joke of a candidate.

Actually, it probably does. If Hispanic voters, a majority of all Democrats in Texas, are so turned off by Wendy Davis's abortion activism that they'd rather file a protest vote for a no-hoper, it's less likely that they'll turn out for her in the general election.

Wendy Davis will be defeated by double digits. I'll place a friendly wager ($0.00, but bragging rights) with anyone who thinks otherwise.

She's going to get destroyed. And I support Wendy.

Texas elected Perry, Cruz, Cornyn, Stockman, Gohmert .. That's a who's who of right wing extremism and idiocy.

Texas elected Perry, Cruz, Cornyn, Stockman, Gohmert .. That's a who's who of right wing extremism and idiocy.

Texas will not elect Davis.

You are probably correct. At best, Texans would elect a conservative Democrat. So up until the point that is no longer widely considered to be an oxymoron, despite the fact it's harder to find a liberal democrat than a conservative one, Texas probably won't have a Democratic governor. Oh well.

The two counties explicitly mentioned (Hidalgo, Wallacy) are so red they're basically infrared. Losing by a large margin in an area where most of the Democratic primary voters are bored Republicans listing (D) because their own races are uncontested isn't exactly an indication of low party popularity.

AeAe:Texas elected Perry, Cruz, Cornyn, Stockman, Gohmert .. That's a who's who of right wing extremism and idiocy.

Texas will not elect Davis.

Well, gubernatorial elections are essentially by direct vote with a few perturbations. By actual population the state's almost exactly 50/50 on the R/D mix... that makes us really red by national standards, but since the gerrymandering doesn't apply as well as it usually does in this election, campaigning well and actually getting the (D) voters to the polls even when their other votes are meaningless could actually pretty easily net you the state.

Albeit... Davis isn't actually very charismatic and not as politically savvy as she could be, so I doubt she'll pull it off too. But it's not really a matter of the demographics screwing her, she just doesn't have the skill or force of personality to overcome incumbent advantage. She's banking on the GOP to sink itself... which it will, no doubt, but not to the tun of the 7 or 8 points that being the incumbent executive tends to give.

// Sorry for interrupting the partisan whatever you were doing with actual information, you may resume now.

Jim_Callahan:The two counties explicitly mentioned (Hidalgo, Wallacy) are so red they're basically infrared. Losing by a large margin in an area where most of the Democratic primary voters are bored Republicans listing (D) because their own races are uncontested isn't exactly an indication of low party popularity.

AeAe: Texas elected Perry, Cruz, Cornyn, Stockman, Gohmert .. That's a who's who of right wing extremism and idiocy.

Texas will not elect Davis.

Well, gubernatorial elections are essentially by direct vote with a few perturbations. By actual population the state's almost exactly 50/50 on the R/D mix... that makes us really red by national standards, but since the gerrymandering doesn't apply as well as it usually does in this election, campaigning well and actually getting the (D) voters to the polls even when their other votes are meaningless could actually pretty easily net you the state.

Albeit... Davis isn't actually very charismatic and not as politically savvy as she could be, so I doubt she'll pull it off too. But it's not really a matter of the demographics screwing her, she just doesn't have the skill or force of personality to overcome incumbent advantage. She's banking on the GOP to sink itself... which it will, no doubt, but not to the tun of the 7 or 8 points that being the incumbent executive tends to give.

// Sorry for interrupting the partisan whatever you were doing with actual information, you may resume now.

Lol. Ok, fair enough.

But let me ask you, who did Texas vote for in the past several presidential elections? Wouldn't that be indicative of where the state leans idealogically? Or at least whoever goes out to vote.